EF Alumni

Hira Virdee

CEO, Lumi

Founded:

Interests / background:

Aerospace, Astrophysics, Satellite Technology

Location:

London

Cohort:

Hira Virdee has a PhD in astrodynamics with the United States Air Force, and has worked on satellite tracking and laser ranging. In addition, he brings experience in business and management consulting, providing data-driven decision making to FTSE100 companies via their enterprise data warehouses.

At EF, he’s gone back into the space sector, to bring a positive impact to the new-space sector with photonics technologies.

Company:

Lumi Space

Building a new generation of satellite-tracking platforms

Robert Ihnatisin

CTO, Orbital Matter

Electrical Engineer. Ex-R&D @ Formlabs & Google. 7 Hackathon wins, Microsoft Imagine Cup Finalist.

Jacqueline Good

Launched 4 data apps, <$10M in tech sales. Ex-OMERS, TIBCO, Avid.ly. Sponsored by ESA.

Shehroz I. Hussain

Creative leader with first-principles approach. Ex-Tesla, SpaceX, & Kepler Communications.

Reza Larimi

Background in design, control systems & automation. Multiple international patents & publications

Jacob John

Former product lead and second-time founder with experience taking startups from 0-1

Rachiket Arya

NUS Science and Technology Scholar, with experience in building software products from scratch.

Dr Dinaz Zenobia Stutterheim

Expert in advanced mechanics of materials, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Alex Palmer-Walsh

PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Sagar Setu

CTO, Milky Way AI

Robotics and computer vision expert, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Phong Vo

PhD in Signal and Images, expertise ranging from machine learning to computer vision

Steven R Tsitas

PhD in Planetary Science, produced innovative work on 6U CubeSat

Mathieu Johnsson

Designed planes for Airbus Future Projects, MSc Engineering

David Hunter

CEO, Optimal Labs

Studied aeronautical engineering and computer science, ex-pilot and quantitative strategist

Han Lai

Co-founder and Director, Open Cosmos

Led industrial projects, degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Rafel Jorda

CEO, Open Cosmos

Master's in aerospace engineering with space technology specialisation

Dr Thomas Clayson

PhD in plasma astrophysics, built fusion reactors and the largest pulsed power machine in Europe

Mark Stokes

Mechanical and machine learning engineer, experience in startups and the aerospace industry

Jonathan Baptista

Experienced in managing international teams with an MSc in complex systems simulation

Nicolas Ang

Co-founder, F-drones

Aeronautical Engineering specialist, experienced bringing investment to Singapore

Yeshwanth Reddy

Co-founder, F-drones

Aerospace engineer, experienced in drone product development

Rohit Jha

CEO, Transcelestial

Bachelors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering NTU, previously RBS

Mohammad Danesh

CTO, Transcelestial

PhD in Nanophotics from NUS, designed and built photonic systems

Jacqueline Good

Launched 4 data apps, <$10M in tech sales. Ex-OMERS, TIBCO, Avid.ly. Sponsored by ESA.

Shehroz I. Hussain

Creative leader with first-principles approach. Ex-Tesla, SpaceX, & Kepler Communications.

Reza Larimi

Background in design, control systems & automation. Multiple international patents & publications

Gideon Farrell

Astrophysicist with software experience

Jordan McRae

CEO, Mobilus Labs

MSc in space and ocean robotics, built complex hardware/software systems

Han Lai

Co-founder and Director, Open Cosmos

Led industrial projects, degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Rafel Jorda

CEO, Open Cosmos

Master's in aerospace engineering with space technology specialisation

Dr Thomas Clayson

PhD in plasma astrophysics, built fusion reactors and the largest pulsed power machine in Europe

Greg Lawton

CEO, Nodes & Links

Astrophysicist with experience managing defence programmes and in BAE systems

Sasha Haco

Astrophysicist, previously Cambridge and Harvard

Rohit Jha

CEO, Transcelestial

Bachelors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering NTU, previously RBS

Mohammad Danesh

CTO, Transcelestial

PhD in Nanophotics from NUS, designed and built photonic systems

Han Lai

Co-founder and Director, Open Cosmos

Led industrial projects, degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Rafel Jorda

CEO, Open Cosmos

Master's in aerospace engineering with space technology specialisation

Rohit Jha

CEO, Transcelestial

Bachelors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering NTU, previously RBS

Mohammad Danesh

CTO, Transcelestial

PhD in Nanophotics from NUS, designed and built photonic systems